Haitian Creole 1 Review Phase 1 Unit 1-5

Miracle on Voodoo Mountain

A Young Woman's Remarkable Story of Pushing Back the Darkness for the Children of Haiti

By:
Megan Boudreaux

Narrated by:
Hayley Cresswell

Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

102

Performance

90

Story

90

Miracle on Voodoo Mountain is the inspirational memoir of an accomplished and driven 24-year-old who quit her job, sold everything, and moved to Haiti, by herself....

Serving a Limitless God

By
Debbie
on
10-22-15

The Man without a Face

The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

By:
Masha Gessen

Narrated by:
Justine Eyre

Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

455

Performance

410

Story

410

The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency.....

Narration Flawed

By
Charles H. Hoens
on
03-31-14

Another Brooklyn

A Novel

By:
Jacqueline Woodson

Narrated by:
Robin Miles

Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins

Unabridged

Overall

342

Performance

307

Story

306

Running into a long-ago friend sets memories from the 1970s in motion for August, transporting her to a time and a place where friendship was everything - until it wasn't....

Wonderful character development

By
jill
on
09-19-16

Americanah

By:
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Narrated by:
Adjoa Andoh

Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins

Unabridged

Overall

6,526

Performance

5,921

Story

5,901

As teenagers, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love in a Nigeria under military dictatorship....

Dazzling, Romantic, and Witty

By
Anna-Bo-Banana
on
04-28-14

Beloved

By:
Toni Morrison

Narrated by:
Toni Morrison

Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins

Unabridged

Overall

1,222

Performance

922

Story

916

Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby....

Perhaps best read on paper

By
Cathy
on
07-29-06

Publisher's Summary

Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat edits this collection of stories that puts a noir twist on the Haitian experience. From kidnappings gone wrong to deadly sibling rivalries, Haiti Noir features some of the Caribbean nation’s leading voices, including Gary Victor, Evelyne Trouillot, Kettly Mars, and Patrick Sylvain.